Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and Perspectives
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521366720 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 334 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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It should encourage all researchers to pay more attention to the historically neglected problem of morphological variation in non-avian dinosaurs and to adopt explicitly cladistic approaches for sorting our dinosaurian interrelationships." Hans-Dieter Sues, American Paleontologist"a collection of papers on all aspects of dinosaur reproduction and development for the professional reader and advanced studentthis long-awaited book sets out to review and summarize today's knowledge of one of the most exciting areas of dinosaur studiesThe work is an essential addition to the dinosaur literature and is the only compact reference work covering reproductive biology." Nature, July, 1994 . Chapter 18) are the best examples of thepalaeontological problems and frustrationsould be accessible at any reference library." Makoto Manabe, Geological Magazine"does contain a number of useful contributions to dinosaurian sys
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Amazon Customer said A Book for the Ages. A great technical volume (yeah, you might not want this book if you're buying it for your 5th grader who likes dinosaurs) that deals with dinosaurs as they were: living creatures. Included are papers on sexual dimorphism (differences between sexes), behavior, general morphology, and generally very useful papers. I highly recomend this book to anyone who is in/plans on pursuing paleontology. A great volume that is still cited today.
One of the purposes of this volume is to unravel some of the problems surrounding dinosaur systematics and to increase our understanding of dinosaurs as a biological species. In recent years dinosaurs have captured the attention of the public at an unprecedented level. More than ever before, we understand how these extinct species functioned, behaved, interacted with each other and the environment, and evolved. At the heart of this resurgence in popular interest is an increased level of research activity, much of which is innovative in the field of pal